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First Thursday January 6

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Kristien Van Hecke

This Thursday we welcome our member Kristien Van Hecke for a wrap up of the wild and crazy 2021 Real Estate Market.

Coming from a global corporate marketing background and with a diploma in interior design in hand, Kristien embarked on a new career in design and construction in 2014.  She has been involved in over 100 real estate projects, totaling over $50mio in value.

She is a specialist in spotting opportunities, underwriting, product design, marketing and business strategy.  As good strategy comes from a deep understanding of the market, Kristien continuously monitors and analyzes the key market data.  A few times a year, we are lucky enough to have her share this with the Sarasota REIA.

Due to her decades abroad, Kristien is globally influenced in her design, speaks a number of languages (some of them will surprise you) and still loves to explore.

Sarasota REIA First Thursday
Thursday, January 6th, 6pm – 8pm
Hampton Inn Sarasota / I-75 Bee Ridge
5995 Cattleridge Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34232
ph# 941.371.1900 (directions only)
If you have any questions please contact Ed Taylor c# 941.315.8050
Should you wish to join us remotely this First Thursday meeting will also be available via Zoom. The Zoom meeting will begin at 6:30 pm
https://zoom.us/j/925511410?pwd=ZHJZQ3RDOFFwb2c3RTdJTWNxQ1pRdz09
Meeting ID: 925 511 410 Password: 113769
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Third Wednesday Bill and Kim Cook

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Kim and Bill Cook

This month we welcome Bill and Kim Cook to our Third Wednesday Lunch Meeting!

Bill and Kim are a husband-and-wife real estate investing team.  Bill creatively constructed his first deal in 1990 in Shreveport, Louisiana.  He and Kim have been teaching other investors to do the same since 1997.  They became full-time real estate investors in 1998.
Their core belief is that real estate investing is not about buying, selling, or renting houses.  It’s about helping people solve their real estate problems.

Their investment portfolio consists of single-family rental homes, mobile homes and a small mobile home park.  In addition, they own notes, options, and stocks.

With more than 30-years of face-to-face dealmaking experience, Bill is one of the most imaginative advanced creative deal structurers in the country.  Whether you need to know how to creatively construct, or creatively fund, or creatively hold, or creatively sell a property, Bill is the person many experienced real estate investors turn to for help.

When it comes to advanced creative deal structuring, Bill’s focus is on Structure Stacking.  With Structure Stacking, multiple creative deal structuring tools are used to make a single real estate investing transaction work.  By using Structure Stacking, an investor can make impossible deals possible.  Structure Stacking allows you to leave your competition, such that it is, in the dust.

In addition, Bill is one of a handful of real estate investors who has the know-how, skill, and experience to work with Pure Options.  Less than 1% of the real estate investing world has ever heard of Pure Options, even though it’s one of the most effective deal structuring tools in the business.  For nearly 25 years, Bill has used Pure Options to generate cash flow, profit and to protect his and Kim’s assets.

Bill and Kim built their business square on the back of knocking on homeowners’ doors.  Why?  Because it’s the fastest, cheapest and most effective way to get face-to-face with homeowners and make written offers.

To learn more about Bill and Kim, and to see their many videos about advance creative deal structuring, please visit BillandKimCook.com.  You are welcome to call Bill with your deal-structuring questions.  His phone number is 770-815-8727.

Monthly Lunch Meeting – This is a LIVE event only
Wednesday December 15th, 2021
12:00 noon until 2:oo pm
Der Dutchman
3713 Bahia Vista St
Sarasota, FL 34232

THE $20 MEETING COST INCLUDES LUNCH, DRINK AND A TIP.
If you are able to bring cash or a check it will expedite check in.

Can’t wait to see you there!

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Adrian Smude – Mobile Home Investing

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Adrian Smude

First Thursday Investor Workshop

Interested in cash flow?
Just us Thursday live or on Zoom for a teaser before our full-day event on Saturday!  (Scroll down for more info on Saturday)

Adrian Smude will give us a glimpse into his success in mobile home investing at our First Thursday Investor Workshop.  After hearing Adrian you will want to join us Saturday for our live Full Day workshop
Come learn from a real pro!
Adrian has been investing in real estate for over 18 years. He became an accidental landlord in 2002.  Adrian attempted to invest again, but his second home ended as a short sale. After 11 years of being a hobby landlord, he discovered his passion for real estate through REIA meetings. Adrian switched his investing niche to Mobile Homes with Land and has been following this path ever since. Adrian is a part of 3 masterminds, including a high level mastermind which he hosts. In addition, he helps facilitate his local REIA, and teaches about his success and failures.

This is a FREE event and open to everybody!
Sarasota REIA First Thursday
Thursday, December 2nd, 6pm – 8pm

Hampton Inn Sarasota / I-75 Bee Ridge
5995 Cattleridge Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34232
ph# 941.371.1900 (directions only)

If you have any questions please contact Ed Taylor c# 941.315.8050

Should you wish to join us remotely this First Thursday meeting will also be available via Zoom. The Zoom meeting will begin at 6:30 pm

https://zoom.us/j/925511410?pwd=ZHJZQ3RDOFFwb2c3RTdJTWNxQ1pRdz09
Meeting ID: 925 511 410 Password: 113769

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Mobile Home Workshop

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Mobile Home Investing

Join us Saturday December 4th for a full day of
Mobile Home Investing!

We have a full line-up planned for our Mobile Home Workshop.  Our speakers come from a variety of backgrounds and methodologies regarding investing in mobile homes as rentals, mobile homes as flips, and buying/selling mobile home parks.  There is something here for everybody!
First Up we welcome Adrian Smude.

Adrian SmudeAdrian Smude has been investing in real estate for over 18 years. He became an accidental landlord in 2002.  Adrian attempted to invest again, but his second home ended as a short sale. After 11 years of being a hobby landlord, he discovered his passion for real estate through REIA meetings. Adrian switched his investing niche to Mobile Homes with Land and has been following this path ever since. Adrian is a part of 3 masterminds, including a high level mastermind which he hosts. In addition, he helps facilitate his local REIA, and teaches about his success and failures.
 

 

Next Al Khleif shares his knowledge about investing in Mobile Home Parks.

Al KhleifIn 1980, Mr. Khleif became the youngest Real Estate Broker in the state of Colorado at the age of 19. While Mr. Khleif has been a principle in over 300 real estate transactions in the years that followed, Al chose instead to pursue a Petroleum Engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines. After a brief stint as a Petroleum Engineer for Shell Oil Company, Mr. Khleif moved into sales and marketing.

After 7 moves in 14 years, Al moved his wife of 31 years and 2 daughters one last time to Sarasota., where he focused exclusively on real estate.  Mr. Khleif’s expertise is in the commercial arena, including Mobile Home Parks and Multi Family opportunities.  He not only represents Sellers and Buyers, but owns parks of his own.

Al is one of the few commercial brokers in the area who holds the prestigious CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation of the Commercial Investment Real Estate Council of the Realtors Institute of NAR (National Association of Realtors).  This is the highest designation given to commercial real estate specialists

Al’s current focus has been on owning and managing Mobile Home Communities.  He has bought and sold numerous properties in his own portfolio as well as managing 15 other communities for private hedge funds.

And we will wrap things up with the Lenny Cimador and Mobile Home Management

Mobile Home InvestingLenny is a retired Florida public school science teacher and baseball coach. He received his BS degree and his Masters degree from the University of Tampa.  His wife, Anne, is a registered nurse graduate of USF College of Nursing and Master’s degree from USF.  They realized that, while they loved their work, the salary and pension programs would not provide financial freedom.  Lenny took advantage of early retirement at age 50 and turned his attention to full time real estate entrepreneurship.

Lenny and Anne began purchasing mobile homes for cash flow and other benefits when prices skyrocketed in 2005-2006.  They believe the property that you buy will dictate the tenant that will apply to rent it.  After selecting the right property and right tenant, it is the management of your properties that will dictate your success or failure.  Lenny will briefly review their criteria for purchasing a mobile home and discuss how he selects tenants and manages the mobile homes.  He will also discuss why and how they sell their mobile homes from time to time.

This is a member’s only event. If you are not sure if you are a current member please check our roster.

The details:

December 4, 2021
Der Dutchman
3713 Bahia Vista St
Sarasota, FL 34232
Doors open at 9 am
YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR THIS EVENT!
Click Here to Register
Cost is $35 for Sarasota REIA members which includes lunch.

Not yet a member?  Join now for the remainder of 2021 and all of 2022!

Investor Workshop

Short Term Rentals-Strategies For Success

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Jason Matthews

We live in PARADISE! And so many people want to come play here.

Join us for lunch this Wednesday as we welcome Jason Matthews of AssetMe126.com to discuss

“Short Term Rentals – Strategies for Success”

At Wednesday’s lunch we will learn:

  • Understanding what Short Term Rentals Are
  • Identify the best locations for Short Term Rentals
  • FFE for Short Term Rentals
  • Short Term Rental Property Management
  • Cashflow Opportunities with Short Term Rental

Jason is a seasoned real estate executive with over 25 years of real estate experience. Jason represents E126 Investments which is a Project Management & Asset Management company and short-term rental portfolio owner. E126 Investments focuses on deal flow and underwriting hospitality real estate. Their specialty is Short Term Rentals (STRs), commonly referred to as “Air BNBs” located along the central Gulf Coast of Florida

<strong>Monthly Lunch Meeting – This is a LIVE event only</strong>
Wednesday November 17th, 2021
12:00 noon until 2:oo pm
Der Dutchman
3713 Bahia Vista St
Sarasota, FL 34232

THE $20 MEETING COST INCLUDES LUNCH, DRINK AND A TIP. If you are able to bring cash or a check it will expedite check in.

Can’t wait to see you there!

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Lifeonaire

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Lifeonaire

“How to achieve time and financial freedom”

Life, business, and finances not going as well as you’d hoped?  Join us Thursday November 4th Live or on Zoom as we welcome Lifeonaire.
 “Come learn how to create a life and business that you jump out of bed in morning excited for!”

Sarasota REIA First Thursday
Thursday, November 4th, 6pm – 8pm

Hampton Inn Sarasota / I-75 Bee Ridge
5995 Cattleridge Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34232
ph# 941.371.1900 (directions only)

If you have any questions please contact Ed Taylor c# 941.315.8050

Should you wish to join us remotely this First Thursday meeting will also be available via Zoom.

https://zoom.us/j/925511410?pwd=ZHJZQ3RDOFFwb2c3RTdJTWNxQ1pRdz09
Meeting ID: 925 511 410 Password: 113769

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Third Wednesday Lunch Sheriff Kurt A Hoffman

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Hoffman, Kurt Sheriff

This month lunch meeting is going to be a real treat.

 

Join us on the Third Wednesday, October 20, as we welcome Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt A. Hoffman.

 

Sheriff Kurt A. Hoffman is the 11th Sheriff of Sarasota County, serving since January 5, 2021. He has served our community for more than 30 years as both a prosecutor for the 12th Judicial Circuit, and as the general counsel for the sheriff’s office since 2005. During his tenure at the sheriff’s office, Hoffman promoted to Captain, Major, and Colonel. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Saint Leo College, a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from International College, and a Juris Doctorate degree from Nova Southeastern University.

Sheriff Hoffman is a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Police Legal Advisors Training Program and a member of the Florida Bar’s Labor and Employment Law, and City, County and Local Government Law sections. In 2011 Sheriff Hoffman completed FBI’s Florida Executive Development Seminar and in 2014 graduated from the FBI National Academy, during which time he also earned a Graduate Certificate in Leadership from the University of Virginia.

Originally from Indiana, Sheriff Hoffman moved to Florida in 1982 and graduated from Lemon Bay High School in 1984.  Sheriff Hoffman and his wife, Teri, have one son and one grandson, and currently reside in Venice.

 

Monthly Lunch Meeting – This is a LIVE event only

Wednesday October 20th, 2021
12:00 noon until 2:oo pm
Der Dutchman
3713 Bahia Vista St
Sarasota, FL 34232

THIS $20 MEETING INCLUDES LUNCH, DRINK AND A TIP.

IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BRING CASH OR A CHECK (MADE TO SARASOTA REIA) THAT WILL HELP US MOVE MORE SMOOTHLY INTO THE MEETING.

Can’t wait to see you there!

 

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Larry Harbolt

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Larry Harbolt

Join Us NEXT THURSDAY OCTOBER 7 Live or on Zoom as
We Welcome Larry Harbolt!

“How to Protect Your Assets from Lawsuit Happy America”

Larry Harbolt is the nation’s leading creative Seller Financing expert as well as a popular national real estate speaker and teacher. A former plumber/pipefitter and then residential home builder, Larry bought his first investment property in 1984, and was immediately smitten. After years of struggling financially, he developed a buying system that he still uses today.

Larry has been successfully creatively buying and selling real estate for over 30 years and has written numerous popular articles and real estate courses. His time-tested strategies and nuts-and-bolts teaching style has helped thousands of aspiring real estate entrepreneurs realize their financial dreams with little or no money and without the need for credit.

Sarasota REIA First Thursday
Thursday, October 7nd, 6pm – 8pm

Hampton Inn Sarasota / I-75 Bee Ridge
5995 Cattleridge Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34232
ph# 941.371.1900 (directions only)

If you have any questions please contact Ed Taylor c# 941.315.8050

Should you wish to join us remotely this First Thursday meeting will also be available via Zoom.

https://zoom.us/j/925511410?pwd=ZHJZQ3RDOFFwb2c3RTdJTWNxQ1pRdz09
Meeting ID: 925 511 410 Password: 113769

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Third Wednesday Lunch – Pete Fortunato

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Pete Fortunato | Sarasota REIA

This month we welcome the man, the myth, the legend… Pete Fortunato!

Pete Fortunato believes that transactions which you can be proud of result from carefully conceived goals and plans followed by purposeful actions and scrupulous documentation.

Upon graduating from high school in 1965, Peter went right into the real estate business. His motivation was his desire to be self-employed until he could afford to be unemployed.

Pete says “Everyone who knew me believed that I was unemployable.They were right. I still am!”

Peter was excited about being free to build his business and his future. He attended seminars and read at every opportunity. He sought out and learned from many mentors and benefited from the example and counsel of his father who always encouraged and supported him.

Pete finished college with a clientele and an investment portfolio. By 1975 his investment income had eliminated his need for fees from clients to fund his lifestyle.

Peter continues to teach and to attend real estate and investment seminars and meetings regularly. He is respected for his clear and patient explanations of investment concepts and transactions. He has been building, structuring, manipulating and managing investment transactions and portfolios for more than 45 years.

Folks say that learning from Pete is like drinking from a fire house. Always entertaining, Pete will blow your mind with his creativity and genius. You won’t want to miss this meeting!

Monthly Lunch Meeting – This is a LIVE event only

Wednesday September 15th, 2021
12:00 noon until 2:oo pm
Der Dutchman
3713 Bahia Vista St
Sarasota, FL 34232

This $20 meeting includes lunch, drink and a tip.

If you are able to bring cash or a check (made to Sarasota REIA) that will help us move more smoothly into the meeting.

Can’t wait to see you there!

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First Thursday – Al Nicoletti

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Al Nicollete | Sarasota REIA

Join Us This Thursday Live or on Zoom as We Welcome Al Nicoletti!

The Silver Tsunami: Preparing For the Probate Tidal Wave
(and How To Crush The Florida Probate Market)

BIO

Al Nicoletti practices law throughout the State of Florida with offices in Jacksonville. He moved from Miami to Jacksonville in 2018 and brought with him a massive niche of Probate Real Estate and a background in Foreclosure Defense Litigation.

He heavily focuses his law practice on probate, quiet title, partitions, trust administration (the weird and the different) and created a very unique niche working in the probate real estate market. He’s developed a unique strategy on working to solve simple and complex probate real estate issues for inherited property that is always a title insurance problem before closing.

He figured out a way to structure probates so they are fast, efficient and waiting until a closing for all attorneys fees (an heir’s dream to not pay anything up front).

He will teach us how to work with probated real estate and how title issues can be solved through probates (and how easy and simple probate deals can be!).

Al Nicoletti is very active on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Spotify and iTunes where he posts weekly videos and other various content.

He has his own YouTube Channel under Al Nicoletti, and YouTube users can subscribe to the channel for weekly video content and receive alerts every Friday.

Al Nicoletti has his own Podcast show called “The Al Nicoletti Show” where Al Nicoletti brings on BIG TIME Florida Real Estate super-investors, rising rock stars, movers, shakers, and leaders of clubs all over the state of Florida to talk about how you can take your company to the next level. These people are going to be educating, entertaining and inspiring on how to take your company to the next level. The Al Nicoletti Show, can be found on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and Facebook. Users can subscribe to get constant updates about new episodes dropping weekly!

al@alnicoletti.com
Phone: 904-999-0053
Website: www.alnicoletti.com

Sarasota REIA First Thursday
Thursday, September 2nd, 6pm – 8pmHampton Inn Sarasota / I-75 Bee Ridge
5995 Cattleridge Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34232
ph# 941.371.1900 (directions only)

If you have any questions please contact Ed Taylor c# 941.315.8050

Should you wish to join us remotely this First Thursday meeting will also be available via Zoom.

https://zoom.us/j/925511410?pwd=ZHJZQ3RDOFFwb2c3RTdJTWNxQ1pRdz09
Meeting ID: 925 511 410 Password: 113769

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